What's going on: 'Dud' car bomb found in Times Square

David Karp / The Associated PressNew York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly, at podium, accompanied by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (right), Speaker Christine Quinn (second from right), and Gov. David Paterson (left), speaks at a news conference this morning in Times Square near where a car carrying three propane tanks, fireworks and two filled 5-gallon gasoline containers was found Saturday night. Heavily armed police and emergency vehicles shut down the city's busiest streets, teeming with taxis and theatergoers on one of the first summer-like days of the year.

From The Associated Press:

New York -- Police found an "amateurish" but potentially powerful bomb that apparently began to detonate but did not explode in a smoking sport utility vehicle in Times Square, authorities said today.

Thousands of tourists were cleared from the streets for 10 hours after a T-shirt vendor alerted police to the suspicious vehicle, which contained three propane tanks, fireworks, two filled 5-gallon gasoline containers, and two clocks with batteries, electrical wire and other components, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.